From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
Cc: jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ia32 kernel on amd64 box?
Date: 28 Apr 2003 14:29:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p734r4i4xg6.fsf@oldwotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <hoof2rghbs.fsf@byrd.suse.de.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> writes:
> Any 32-bit x86 kernel should work on an AMD Opteron machine. The only
> question is whether all drivers are supported. Red Hat 7.2 might not
> have support for all the hardware that is in an AMD Opteron ystem.
Actually some things will not work with older kernels because the
Linux kernel does explicit CPUID model checks in a few places. But it
is relative obscure stuff and unlikely to be a problem in
practice.
-Andi
next parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-28 12:17 UTC|newest]
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2003-04-28 12:29 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
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2003-04-28 17:00 ` ia32 kernel on amd64 box? Andi Kleen
2003-04-28 16:42 Jeffrey Baker
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2003-04-25 21:45 jlnance
2003-04-25 21:49 ` Bill Nottingham
2003-04-25 21:56 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-04-25 22:07 ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-25 22:56 ` Bill Nottingham
2003-04-28 8:24 ` Andreas Jaeger
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